Display-stand.



PATENTED MAY 23, 1905.

A. JOSEPHSON.

DISPLAY STAND.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 29. 1904.

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UNI TED STATES 1 Patented May 23, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

ADALBERT J OSEPHSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO PACIFIC NOVELTYCOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY-STAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,438, dated May 23,1905. Application filed September 29, 1904. Serial No. 226,424.

Be it known that 1, ADALBERT J OSEPHSON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedanew and useful Display-Stand, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a rack which will securelysupport and display articles, such as combs, and which may be collapsedand shipped without disturbing the articles and again distended orerected after being collapsed. This object is accomplished by providinga plurality of sides surmounted by a pyramid which holds said sides intheir distended position, although any suitable means may be substitutedfor said pyramids.

For a more particular description of my invention reference is to be hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which Figure lis a perspective View of my improved display-stand. Fig. 2 is a view ofthe same when collapsed. 'Figs. 3 and 4 are views of the blanks fromwhich the stand is formed. Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line5 5 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the ar- Throughout the variousviews similar reference characters designate similar parts.

The stand is formed by sides 2 and the top or pyramid 3. The number ofsides may be varied, although an even number should be employed if thestand is to be collapsed flat, as shown in Fig. 2. For convenience ofdescription a stand will be described with four sides, each of which isidentical and consists of a trapezoidal sheet of stiff material, ascardboard or sheet metal, and for ornamental purposes it is preferablyescalloped out at& to provide feet 5. The sides are preferably formed,as shown in Fig. 4., in "one integral blank, with a fiap at 6 adapted tobe secured to the free edge 7. It is obvious that instead of making thesides 2 trapezoidal in form they may be given any other form, such as aparallelol gram, and will still obtain much the same result, except theappearance would be changed, as the sides would then be vertical insteadof slanting. When the flap 6 is secured to the edge 7 the form assumedby thesides when distended is that of atruncated pyramid. To hold thesesides in this position, any suitable means may be employed, although Iprefer to use a pyramid-shaped top-piece consisting of the faces 3, eachof which is an isosceles triangle having an edge or base 9 equal to theedges 10 of the sides 2 and two edges 11 of equal length. If the edges11 are the same length as the edges -9, this proportion produces a goodresult and is the one shown. Each of the edges 9 is provided with a flap12, and one of the edges 11 is provided with a flap 13, which is adaptedto be secured to the other free edge 11. To complete the stand, two ofthe adjacent flaps 12 are secured to the edges 10, and the two otherflaps 12 are used when the stand is in the position shown in Fig. 1 tohold the sides 2 distended. Loops 14 are placed on the sides 2 to holdany suitable article, as a comb.

Assuming the stand to be in the position indicated in Fig. 1, it iscollapsed into the form shown in Fig. 2 by merely pressing togetherdiagonally opposite edges of the sides 2 and is changed back by pressingtoward each other theother diagonally opposite edges.

Various other forms and embodiments of my invention may be made, so thatit is not limited to the precise structure shown, but

covers all that come within the scope ofthe annexed claims. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In adisplay-stand, connecting sides and a pyramid surmounting said sides andholding them distended.

2. In a display-stand, connecting sides, a pyramid having the samenumber of faces that there are sides and having two adjacent lower edgessecured to two of said sides.

3. In adisplay-stand, connecting sides, and sides and provided Withmeans for holding a top piece comprising a pyramid with faces said sidesin a distended position. having projectingflaps constructed and adapt-Signed this 27th day of September, 1904. [0

ed to engage and hold said sides in a distended ADALBERT J OSEPHSON. 5position. Witnesses:

4. In a disp1ay-stand, connecting sides with FRANK. M. PUDAU,

loops thereon, a pyramid Sui-mounting said JULIUS SoHALscHER.

